Drytoilet and sealer



June 23, 1953' E. H. PosEY 2,642,579

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DRY TOILET AND SEALER Filed Sept. 19, 1949 5 Sheets-SheefI 2 lllllllllPatented June 23,? 1953 Nr orrlcr.y

` may TOILET AND sEALEn Elbert'lH. Posey, shville, N. C. lApplicationSeptember 19, 1949, Serial No. 116,599

2 claims. (c1. 4-121) The invention relates to a dry toilet to be usedwhere no sanitary sewer connections are availl odorless way toimmediatelytransfer waste or fecal matter to a sealed receptacle with aminimum escape of odor and to'prevent the escape of any odorwhatsoever'from the receptacle when placing the Waste matter into saidreceptacle, and to also prevent any odor vfrom escaping out of saidreceptacle duringthe period of time required to fill same and until thereceptacle is removed, contents disposed of and the receptacle cleansed.

A further obj-ect of the invention is to provide means facilitating thehandling and proper disposal of waste matter without same being eX-`posed to disease spreading insects, such as house flies, therebyreducing the danger of spreading diseases.

A further object of the invention is to provide means ensuring removaland disposition of waste matter in a clean and odorless manner withoutpolluting the air and spreading-filth to surrounding atmosphere.

The accompanying drawings show by way o example an embodiment of thepresent invention in which Fig. 1 is a cross section of the deviceincluding a receptacle embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the receptacle forming the base of the deviceand Fig. 3 is a side view of the upper part of the device consisting ofthe seat and the bowl.

The device herein disclosed has an operating handle I connected with oneend to a link or guide member 2 which in turn is attached to cover 5.Handle I is further connected at `pivot 9 to a stem or rod 3 passingthrough an opening of cover 5, the opposite end of said stem 3 carryinga plunger disk 4 screwed to said stem 3. The funnel-shaped bowl e of thetoilet device is connected to an intermediate cylindrical sealingsection l of reduced diameter. Bowl S is connected to the upper end ofsaid cylindrical section l by means of wing nut joints 8.

Section 'I is further provided at its lower end with a receptacle coverSa overlying the open top of the collecting receptacle or container IIl.Cover 9c', engages at 9b forming a washer seal the upper end of saidreceptacle I and is connected thereto by means of Wing nut joints 3a.

. this end, the plunger disk 4 normally resting ap- Wing nut joints 8a.facilitate easy removal The cylindrical part l is provided at its lowerendand in 'its inner'wall with retainer means in the form of a shallowannular groove I I, Where a Waterproof Ycardboard disk I2 is normallyretained to seal off 4waste matter fromwithin thel receptacle I0. AThiscardboard disk I2 will bereplaced by a fresh'disk after-use of thetoilet-.f To.

proximately at the level ofthe lower rimV of" the bowl 6 will be movedinto the sealing section-"I and can be4 pressed down toward the grooveII where-4 by a fresh cardboard? disk I2 may be moved into groove II inlieu of the used one when the toilet was 1n use.

The device operates as follows: In unused state the parts 6, I and I0take the position as shown 1n Fig. 1 in which the receptacle I0 isodor-proof and sealed by the insertion of a cardboard disk I2 seated ininner wall groove II, as indicated in dotted lines. The top cover 5 ofthe toilet seat 6' is closed and the plunger 4 overlies the sealingsection 1. Upon use of the toilet device the cover 5 will rst be liftedand the userl sits on seat 6 while handle I, stem 3, plunger 4 Vtogetherwith cover 5, are swung back to dotted line position, as seen in Fig. 3.

Any Waste matter received by disk I2 seated within groove I I is nowpushed into the receptacle I0 in the following manner: Disk I2 seated ingroove I I is forced in downward direction upon closing of cover 5by-means of handle I and disk 4 to which a freshly supplied cardboarddisk I2 is attached (not shown).

If used disk I2 holding waste matter was not as yet removed from grooveII a pressure of air may be created in section 1 owing to the movementof handle I together with plunger 4 carrying said freshly suppliedcardboard disk I2 (not shown). This air pressure becomes effectivebetween the just mentioned freshly supplied cardboard disk I2 on plunger4 and the preceding disk I2 seated in groove I I, so that the latterdisk I2 will be forced out of the groove II into the receptacle I0together with the waste material While the freshly supplied disk I2 onplunger 4 will be displaced through the latter to engage With groove II.

Whenever a user rises and feeds a fresh waxed and waterproof cardboarddisk I2 into bowl 6, he pulls downhandle I together with cover 5,plunger disk 4, etc., and thereby forces waterproof disk through thesealing section l into vthe retainer groove II, where said disk I2 iswithheld and seals` 01T any waste matter within receptacle I0.

, While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown andhereindescribed, it Will be understood that the same is capable of modicationwithout departure from the general scope and spirit of the invention asdefined in the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is:

upper end of said sealing section, a cover for said bowl and pivotallyconnected to ysaid seat, said cover being provided with an opening, astem passing through said opening, Aan operatinghandie movably connectedto one end-of said stern, a plunger attached to the other end ofsaidstem' and adapted tok project into Asaid sealing section, saidplunger being movable upon actu-ation of said handle and upon movementof said stem to pass through said sealing section, whereby waste matterdeposited on said sealing disk may -be forced Withthe latter throughsaid plunger into said receptacle.

2v. The combination, in :a toilet structure having a collectingreceptacle, of a handle-operated` 4 Y plunger with an intermediatesection havinga cylindrical wall of reduced diameter with respect tosaid receptacle and connected to the latter thereabove, retainer meansprovided within said cylindrical wall of said section and adapted totemporarily support a sealing disk within said section and above saidreceptacle to thereby separate the latter from said section, and atoilet `bowl extending upwardly and flaring outwardly from said section,whereby upon operating said plunger waste matter from said bowl when de--posited on said sealing disk within said section, may be displacedtogether with said sealing disk through said plunger from said retainermeans into saidA receptacle, said plunger being adapted to receive afurther sealing disk and to move the latter into engagement with lsaidretainer means if the iirst mentioned sealing disk is displaced from thelatter. Y

ELBERT H. P OSEY.

References cited in the fue of' this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberFOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Number Marcuse Dec. 26, V1916 France Nov.7, 1935

